@BlakeArchive

The official Twitter account for the William Blake Archive.

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If working alongside the William Blake Archive is on your holiday wishlist, look no further! Applications now open for a mostly remote BIQ co-editor.
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great for studying all known plates Blake used for both For Children and For the Sexes AND illustrating back to school vibes 👍
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A dilapidated English cottage belonging to William Blake, the lauded 18th-century Romantic poet, is about to get a much-needed makeover. Eventually, after crews finish restoring the structure, it will open as a public museum. bit.ly/4e0uqeQ

William Blake's Cottage Will Be Saved—and Transformed Into a New Museum

The 18th-century poet wrote some of his most renowned works in the house in southern England, which has since fallen into disrepair

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The tin hat is on. Finally some serious protection has been placed around the Blake Cottage roof. We now have quotes in for a new thatch and new roof timbers to start the restoration project. Help the Blake Cottage Trust. Link to donate: justgiving.com/blake-cottage
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The work of poet and artist William Blake went largely unrecognised in his lifetime. In this special blog, using our newspapers, we explore the evolving attitudes to the art of William Blake following his death in 1827 bit.ly/3Kdjihv #ArtHistory #WilliamBlake
Sepia toned composite image, showing on the left a portrait of the artist William Blake, and on the right, an example of his work, an engraving from one of his 'Prophetic Books.' The engraving shows different king of beasts, a kind of elephant creature in the centre, and a lizard or serpent beneath. Above the animals is a depiction of God reaching down, angels beside him, with other figures, presumably mere mortals, beneath the heavenly skies.

ALT Sepia toned composite image, showing on the left a portrait of the artist William Blake, and on the right, an example of his work, an engraving from one of his 'Prophetic Books.' The engraving shows different king of beasts, a kind of elephant creature in the centre, and a lizard or serpent beneath. Above the animals is a depiction of God reaching down, angels beside him, with other figures, presumably mere mortals, beneath the heavenly skies.

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While MSI was developed in its modern form for work with medieval manuscripts (& I mostly use it for that purpose), we are starting to push away from just the Middle Ages. For example @oishani @achillghost and I have a forthcoming article using MSI images to recover William Blake
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You asked; we answered! The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the highly-anticipated release of limited edition William Blake Archive Collector's Items™️-- secure yours today! 🛒
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Luisa Cale`@lcale217 Mar 2023
Illuminating scholars' morning @bodleianlibs with Mark Crosby talking about #Blake's gothic apprenticeship, Sepulchral Monuments drawing and copperplates, and a chance to see the Bodleian's Songs! – at Oxford, England
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🎉 The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of forty-one proofs, impressions in different states, posthumous impressions, and lifetime impressions of Europe a Prophecy. To view, visit blakearchive.org/copy/europe…
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🐍 Europe a Prophecy; Copy MPI, Object 11; composed 1794; printed 1794 with Catherine Blake; relief and white-line etching with motifs added by Blake in pencil, pen and ink, and gray wash. This image copyright © 2022 Morgan Library and Museum.
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📯 Europe a Prophecy; Copy MPI, Object 32; composed 1794; printed 1794 with Catherine Blake; relief and white-line etching with color printing and hand coloring with watercolors. This image copyright © 2022 Fitzwilliam Museum.
Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion; Copy E, Object 26; composed 1804 - c. 1820; printed c. 1821 with Catherine Blake; 16.4 x 22.5 cm.; relief and white-line etching with hand coloring. This work © 2003 Yale Center for British Art.
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🎉 The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of sixteen impressions of plates for America a Prophecy not used in any copy of the poem, and a copperplate fragment. To view, visit blakearchive.org/copy/americ….
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America a Prophecy; Copy MPI, Object 14; composed 1793; printed 1793 probably with the assistance of Catherine Blake; 23.5 x 16.9 cm.; relief and white line etching. This image © 2022 Library of Congress.
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America a Prophecy; Copy MPI, Object 17; composed 1793; 8.0 x 5.7 cm.; relief etching. This image © 2022 National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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Today, we commemorate the life and death of poet, artist, and visionary William Blake, who died on this day in 1827. "William Blake" from The Grave; delineated by Thomas Phillips; engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti; composed 1807-1808; etching & engraving.
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To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour —William Blake, Rochester favorite @BlakeArchive #UnfoldTheUniverse
an image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a small slice of deep space dotted with seemingly unlimited number of galaxies and a few stars from our own galaxy. The stars have points or flares around, but they are greatly outnumbered by the pinpricks of light and the swirling colors that indicate each galaxy.

ALT an image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a small slice of deep space dotted with seemingly unlimited number of galaxies and a few stars from our own galaxy. The stars have points or flares around, but they are greatly outnumbered by the pinpricks of light and the swirling colors that indicate each galaxy.

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